[alsa-devel] Segmentation Fault in snd_pcm_rate_hw_free()

[Valentin Corfu]

On 04.08.2015 17:53, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:08:30 +0200,
> Valentin Corfu wrote:
>> Hello ALSA developers,
>>
>> I observed one segmentation fault in snd_pcm_rate_hw_free() function,
>> with the following BT:
>>
>> (gdb) up
>> #1  0xb7554cc1 in raise (sig=6) at
>> ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
>> 64        return INLINE_SYSCALL (tgkill, 3, pid, selftid, sig);
>> (gdb)
>> #2  0xb75580ee in abort () at abort.c:92
>> 92            raise (SIGABRT);
>> (gdb)
>> #3  0xb758a7dd in __libc_message (do_abort=2,
>>       fmt=0xb766053c "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n")
>>       at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
>> 189           abort ();
>> (gdb)
>> #4  0xb7594a71 in malloc_printerr (action=<value optimized out>,
>>       str=<value optimized out>, ptr=0x969ae98) at malloc.c:6283
>> 6283          __libc_message (action & 2,
>> (gdb)
>> #5  0xb759636b in _int_free (av=<value optimized out>, p=0x969ae90)
>>       at malloc.c:4795
>> 4795          malloc_printerr (check_action, errstr, chunk2mem(p));
>> (gdb)
>> #6  0xb75994bd in __libc_free (mem=0x969ae98) at malloc.c:3738
>> 3738      _int_free(ar_ptr, p);
>> (gdb)
>> #7  0xb76f3a81 in snd_pcm_rate_hw_free (pcm=0x9685d78) at pcm_rate.c:341
>> 341                     free(rate->pareas[0].addr);
> Could you check the content of rate->pareas[0] via gdb?
(gdb) frame 7
#7  0xb76f3a81 in snd_pcm_rate_hw_free (pcm=0x9685d78) at pcm_rate.c:341
341                     free(rate->pareas[0].addr);
(gdb) print rate->pareas[0]
$1 = {addr = 0x969ae98, first = 0, step = 16}
(gdb) print rate->pareas[0].addr
$2 = (void *) 0x969ae98
>> (gdb)
>> #8  0xb76d045b in snd_pcm_hw_free (pcm=0x9685d78) at pcm.c:858
>> 858             err = pcm->ops->hw_free(pcm->op_arg);
>> (gdb)
>> #9  0xb76f826e in snd_pcm_plug_hw_free (pcm=0x96856b0) at pcm_plug.c:1046
>> 1046            int err = snd_pcm_hw_free(slave);
>> (gdb)
>> #10 0xb76d045b in snd_pcm_hw_free (pcm=0x96856b0) at pcm.c:858
>> 858             err = pcm->ops->hw_free(pcm->op_arg);
>> (gdb)
>> #11 0x080492ad in main ()
>>
>>
>> Could you please give me some hints how to solve this issue?
>>
>> I can provide you more info or the test application, if needed.
>> I can see the issue every time, and I also checked with latest version
>> of alsa-lib but I got the same results.
> I don't know of such an error, so far.
> It smells like some memory corruption to me.
>
> If a test case is a simple code, tracking the bug would be easy...
I have paste it here:
http://pastebin.com/WJDTz6cE
>
> Takashi

Thank you,
Valentin